Re: Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading (1976)

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:46

Track 4 - Love and Affection.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:46

It is a lovely song.

by Guest Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:46

OOh, I know this one!

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:47

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:These lyrics seem a little... ...dodgy...

"I was going home to Hayes one night, and there was this boy. He was only young, 18 or whatever. I was waiting for the train and he was doing circles around me. When I get into the train, I was the only one in the compartment. And up comes this little lad, takes off his hat, saying, 'Can I sit by you, please.' I said, 'All right, then,' and we chat. Then I get off at my stop. And he says, 'I get off here, too. I work around the corner. Can I walk you to your door?' Well, he does, and he obviously doesn't want to go, so I ask him in for a cup of coffee. I play a record and give him an apple or something, and I ask him to go off to work. And that was it. That's all that happened. But the song is about what I knew was in his mind. His name was Donald."

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/joan-armatrading/water-with-the-wine

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:47

It's a beautiful track but it does seem to ultimately go nowhere.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:48

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:49

The Call of the Wendigo wrote:It's a beautiful track but it does seem to ultimately go nowhere.

But it does.

It goes to the end.

It's kind of orchestral.

It meanders and then ties up elegantly with the strings.

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:50

Oh, no it doesn't.

It just sort of fades away. shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:50

Track 5 - Save Me.

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:51

For an album by some bint with a guitar it's pretty good all this.

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:52

God only knows why I'm surprised.

Joni Mitchell's virtually my alpha and omega.

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:52

Still loving the production.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:53

That was very dull.

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:54

She does veer worryingly close to Cleo Laine vocal territories on occasion. shifty

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:54

Track 6 - Join the Boys.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:54

This is like the album I've got. It's all quality but, overall, it's very dull.

by Guest Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:55

Bass.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:55

Also, I keep expecting every track to turn into Phoebe Snow''s version of Every Night.

by Guest Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:57

In some ways it's a bit like Five Leaves Left by Nick Drake it's far too overproduced than you'd imagine for the songs.

Unlike that album, this doesn't kill it.

dance

by Nightjar Tue 5 May 2020 - 20:57

This is quite a good little honky tonk number.

If, er, you know what I mean...

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